Clear Channel Sucks. Clear Channel Sucks. Clear Channel Sucks. Clear Channel Sucks. Clear Channel Sucks. Clear Channel Sucks. Clear Channel Sucks.
Did I mention, Clear Channel Sucks? WDFN, Detroit’s beloved Local Sports Radio Station was completely wiped out yesterday by Clear Channel (who sucks, btw). The only Detroit Clear Channel station (of the 7 they own here) that laid off any employees. They wiped out the entire staff. Gone, no notice, nothing. Countless listeners and devoted fans such as myself, are left in disarray. Who do I listen to now? Where do I get my local sports fix? Fox Sports Radio broadcasting on my local station now? You can Die In a Fire, Clear Channel.
I recorded a theme song for the morning show “It Is What It Is” with host Sean Baligean a couple years back. They loved it, and it’s been in daily rotation for two years + until today. Sean is likely the most honest and fair sports reporter I’ve ever known. Level headed, not overly cynical, but doesn’t kiss butt at all. Would never play up to coaches or players to get on their good side. He simply told it like it was, and made no apologies for it. He represented everything that radio should, and could be, if done right.
Stoney and Wojo, the comical duo of Detroit Sports over the last decade or so, are now defunct. Thanks Clear Channel, you can choke on a chicken bone for all I care. Stoney and Wojo made my evening drive on Detroit Freeways tolerable and often times, fun. Ok, Wojo had a tendency to be whiny and annoying, but more often than not, the show was good. Thanks for the “Eat em Up Tigers” song on Jam It or Slam It. That turned into a classic. I can proudly say, I didn’t have anything to do with that.
Diesel, Otto, Marty, Spicolli, Shep, and anyone else. We’ll miss you. God Bless, and I hope you all land on your feet somewhere. Hopefully, some of you land on 97.1 FM and displace the crapfest that graces their airwaves all too often.
RIP to WDFN
New Year, new things, new additions to the Home Theater. I've spent less time blogging as of late, and more time in Home theater heaven in front of my Samsung 50" Plasma HDTV, which is now connected via HDMI and Optical Audio to this little bad-boy. The Western Digital TV HD Media Player.
To those of you with no tech knowledge, let me make it simple. This plays video from a computer hard drive to your TV and Surround Sound system. Very simple.
For you tech-geeks like myself, here's the goods. Full 1080p output and upscale of 480i or 480p SD Content. Plays almost every container or media file type I've thrown at it. MPEG1, MPEG2, MKV, AVI, FLV, VOB, etc... The list goes on. This last weekend, I ripped my sons DVD collection to a portable 320GB USB powered HDD. About 25 DVD's allocated to 100GB of space on the HDD. Full quality rips to VOB in Video TS folder structures. No conversion required. Anything from Pixar looks amazing through this little gem, and especially on the 50" Plasma.
Why would anyone want this? Simple, really. I can host my sons entire movie collection on a hard drive. He no longer gets to play with DVD's and scratch them, rendering them useless. I no longer have to look on the DVD shelf, then upstairs in the bedroom, then in the living room to find a DVD he recently watched, but doesn't remember where. They can all be accessed by the touch of a button (one button on the Logitech Harmony remote, multiple buttons for you people without one).
Blu-Ray rips, mkv containers for TV show downloads from TVtorrents.com (if you need an invite, holler at me) x264 or AVCHD from your Hi-Def camcorder... No conversion necessary. This thing is awesome, and it was priced very reasonably. Less than $100 in most places online. If you catch a great sale like I did, it can be had for less. I got mine from Worst Buy, but only because of the deal they offered. I despise Big Box stores, but that's another blog.
Oh yeah, Happy 09' folks.
out.
